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Last Night
Chapman 48 #1 Menlo 65
Chapman's slowdown tactics worked pretty for the first half as the teams went into the break knotted at 28. Menlo's fastbreak eventually broke loose though in the second half and they racked up 37 points to pull away for the conference opening home victory. Menlo and dgravs stayed undefeated and atop the rankings with the win while Chapman and shine dropped into the others receiving votes section after the loss.
Also considered: #7 Emory managed a surprisingly easy win over #23 Hendrix 77-63, #12 Stillman edged Trinity at home 79-74, #3 Kenyon pulled away from Ohio Wesleyan 70-58, #8 Whittier cruised past California Tech 87-67, Johnson and Wales knocked Newbury from the rankings with a 85-71 road win, Sewanee did the same at Ozarks 87-76, and #15 Wooster held off a late charge to down Oberlin 67-60.
Sim blowout watch: St. Joseph's scored enough to get the cover against #19 S.Vermont 49-82
ITaLRbHAGotN: Texas Lutheran was obviously inspired my continued ability to correctly spell their coach's name since they took a small lead early in the first half and maintained it the rest of the way to finish off a nice double-digit victory over Austin 78-68. As an experiment, next time they play I'll advertise it as rigowave31 vs aj1i1i1111ie and see if that has an effect on who wins.
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Bridgewater (9-2)(diamond24) at #4 Lynchburg (11-0)(googs04)
Next up is the first of two meetings between divisional rivals in the Old Dominion conference. Both teams won their conference opener but this one is an important game as these two figure to be the competitors for the East division crown. googs has all six wins in the all-time series and his team is favored by 6 at home.
Also considered: Oberlin at #3 Kenyon, #11 Palm Beach Atlantic at Piedmont, #12 Stillman at Southwestern, #15 Wooster at Ohio Wesleyan, #19 S.Vermont at Norwich, Ozarks at #22 Dallas, #23 Hendrix at Louisiana, and Grove City at #24 Wittenberg
Sim blowout watch: Redlands is getting 65 points on the road to #8 Whittier while Thiel is a 62 point home dog against #6 Earlham.
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Dominican (9-2)(dusterj05) at Webster (5-6)(mschulte24)
Over in the St. Louis conference mschulte has owned this divisional match up for a while but this year is looking up for Dominican as they have the better record and are favored by a single point on the road. Is this their long-awaited chance to slay the Gorloks?